half measure
Example Sentences
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He did not say what type of surgery had been performed, describing it as a “half measure.”
From Los Angeles Times
Labour described it as a "half measure" after "years of soaring fares".
From BBC
They are still just a half measure.
From Seattle Times
But Zastavny, a popular pro-Kremlin channel on Telegram, said that warnings “are just a half measure, an invitation to the enemy to go until the end.”
From New York Times
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described the move as “a half measure.”
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
